Vampires Most people are familiar with (as Dracula) - human corpses there said returning from the grave to harm the living, these Slavic vampires have only a few hundred years. However, some older versions of the vampire was not designed for humans in general, but the supernatural, perhaps demonic beings who do not take the human form.
Matthew Beresford, author of the "demons of Dracula. Creating a modern vampire myth," he says, "there is a clear basis for a vampire in the ancient world, and it is impossible to prove that the myth arose There are suggestions that the vampire was born in witchcraft, in Ancient Egypt, a demon called this world to another. " There are many options for the vampire world. There are Asians like Chinese vampires Jianshi, evil spirits that attack people and leave them without vital energy, blood drinkers wrathful deities that appear in the "Tibetan Book of the Dead", and many others. [Countdown: Fangs known: the history of our beloved vampire]
Creating a vampire
Interest and belief in ghosts appeared in the Middle Ages in Europe. While most modern stories classic way to become a vampire to be bitten by one, which is a relatively new option. In his book "Vampires, Burial and Death: Folklore and Reality," said Paul Barber, folklorist century ago, "often appeared potentials can be identified at birth, as a rule, errors, defects, for example, when a baby is born Toothy. Similarly suspects children are born with an extra nipple (in Romania, for example), the cartilage of the nose, or a fracture of the lower lip (in Russia) ... When a child is born with red membrane or amniotic membrane covering the head, is believed in most of Europe, as supposed proof that he is destined to return from the dead. "These small deformations are considered a bad omen, and it is likely that many of the children died in place when these signs were discovered, and the survivors grew the burden of public suspicion.The skull was buried with a vampire like qualitiesThe skeleton was buried in a cemetery in Pisa Vecchiano shows a similar condition of the alleged "vampire Venice".
The belief in vampires associated with superstition and false assumptions about post-mortem decay. The first recorded accounts of vampires following patterns: Some unexplained misfortune happen to a person, family or people - maybe dry or drought cultures equally infectious disease. Before science could explain the climate and the germ theory, any negative event, so there was no apparent reason may be related to vampires. Vampires were a simple answer to the old question of why bad things happen to good people.
Residents share their belief that something damn afraid of the dead, and came to the conclusion that perhaps the recently deceased may be responsible, after returning from a serious offense. The graves were dug, and villagers are surprised as normal processes of decomposition of a supernatural phenomenon. For example, while the laity, we can assume that the body breaks down immediately, although sealed coffin and buried in the winter, decay can last several weeks or months, the expansion creates intestinal tumor, which can cause blood in mouth, makes him look like a corpse recently sucked blood. These methods are well known to modern medicine and the funeral, but in medieval Europe were taken as the surest signs that vampires were real and existed between them.
Vampire protectionAlleged "vampire" was found in VeniceSkull "Vampire of Venice", found in a mass grave with a brick stuck in the jaw.
In some traditions, the best way to stop the vampire who carry a small bag of salt with you. If you are being chased, just pour salt on the floor behind you, the vampire must stop and count every grain before continuing persecution. If you do not have salt on hand, some say that small grain produced, including birdseed or sand. Others say that there is an unwritten rule tag vampire can not enter a house if a formal invitation to enterCenturies ago, it was not uncommon for suspected involvement in the tomb vampires. The idea was to physically eliminate the vampire to the ground, and the chest was chosen because it is the body, not because of any particular connection to the heart symbol. Other traditional methods, such as burying vampires that interfere with (or re-bury) phone over and decapitation, which often includes the severed head of his mouth stuffed with garlic or brick.
There are, of course, some animals actually a vampire, like leeches, lampreys and vampires. In all these cases, the intention of the vampire is enough to draw blood for life, but not enough to kill the host. But what about human vampires? Of course, many self-identified vampires involved in the inspiration goth subculture. Some club owners vampire themed books or bloodletting ritual secrets, while others use layers or get dental implants vampire fangs. But drinking blood is nothing. The problem is that the blood is toxic because it is rich in iron - and because the human body has difficulty assigning excess iron - those who regularly consume blood runs a real risk of hemochromatosis (iron overdose) may cause a variety of diseases and conditions including liver and nervous system.
Vampires have been part of human culture and folklore of various forms for thousands of years, and no signs of going away leeches in the short term. Of course, if a zombie apocalypse destroys.
Benjamin Radford is deputy editor of the scientific journal "Skeptical Inquirer" and author of six books, including "The scientific investigation of the paranormal. How to solve unexplained mysteries" .http://www.livescience.com/
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